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I have two battery chargers. My old one is a diehard that has been dropped many times and the case is busted but it still works. Purchase a new one on clearance from Lowe’s that is a black and decker and it works just fine. The problem is that if my battery is completely dead, the Black &...

I have had a home type stereo in my garage for years. I have some large speakers that are mounted in the rafters that still provide pleanty of volume. i listen to AM radio M-F when I’m able to get in the garage. I listen to talk Radio And baseball games Weekends I listen to a local FM old rock...

I have a 1978 international harvester scout. It has the V8 304 engine. Did the prelude to make sure all the bearings and everything had oil because it had been sitting very long time pulled distributor. Used a drill to run the oil pump, rotated the engine and ran the oil pump some more to make...

Ok posted a few days back about a compressor issue. I removed the check valve in the top of the tank and it seemed to be clogged/stuck. I cleaned it with brake cleaner and it seemed to move freely, so I reinstalled it and the compressor and it worked. with the tank empty it ran great and kicked...

I had a 3HP motor running a Quincy 216 compressor My dad had it when I was a kid and my best guess is that it’s close to 50 years old. I went out one day and the compressor was not up to its normal pressure. Started to look at things and saw some black soot at the bottom of the base of the motor...

I have a Quincy compressor that has been around for a long time. I am replacing the motor that went bad because the compressor still does a good job. Since the motor is bad…..and, I am old, I don’t remember the rotation. Don’t want to get it wrong and cause damage. Anyone have any advice.

I bought a used scissor lift a year ago for very cheap, but No hydraulics. Was planning on using it in my standard 2 car garage in the middle of the floor. After careful consideration I decided to just sell the lift rather than have it permanently taking up valuable real estate in my garage...

have a few old International Scouts Going to buy a few different length of brake lines to have on hand. I believe them to all be 3/16, but not sure. Will also have some fuel lines on hand for replacement/repair 5/16? In looking there are a few different options. Galfan coated yellow inverted...

I bought an older vehicle, in part for the wheels it has a set of locking lug nuts on it, but I do not have the key. I have searched on YouTube and the likes for ways to remove the locking nuts. Pretty much everyone talks about driving a 12 point socket on to the Lugnut to remove it. The...

Want to add a sink to my garage I do not have water. My plan is to run the drain out of the garage wall and down in the ground into some P gravel. This will just be for used for washing hands and probably won’t go through 2 gallons of water a week. Going to have to install a water holding...

I have some quarter inch plate that I was going to make a cradle for my winch to move from my pick up to my car hauler to my IH Scout(but mostly the car hauler) Concerned that the weight of the plate I have will make the whole thing when assembled too heavy. The design was going to be...

I recently acquired this Blackhawks 607403 2 ton floor jack. Thought I would give it a whirl to rebuild. I have never done a floor jack before but did like the size of this one(seems very heavy duty) I am just a home user in a two car garage so the size of it is a little excessive to be able...

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Need help with galvanized 3-1/2” electrical conduit OK this is not really an electrical question. I have a basketball goal mounted on a 3 1/2 inch piece of galvanized electrical conduit I got from a road construction project. I have a 10 foot above the ground and approximately five below the...

Have prepped my floor for epoxy coating. Was thinking.....when I paint a vehicle, What do I do to keep the overspray from adhering to the epoxy covered floor

Anyone ever use this style

Purchased this lift today, but no hydraulics Looking for help to get it back functioning Help

OK I need to lift the body of a 1975 international Scout. A lot of guys have recommended concrete blocks and 4 x 4‘s. Currently this is the plan. I’m not interested in hanging out from my rafters because frankly I don’t trust that they will hold that heavy IH body. Was trying to figure out how...

This picture is a picture of a workbench my father built back when I was a child(late 60’s). He worked out in the steel mills near Gary Indiana and built it at work. He bought it for scrap price after the completion of the job and brought it home on a wrecker/tow truck. Somewhere along the...

Have been working on getting my garage straightened out to make it more functionable. It’s very easy to get this organized in a smaller space. Over the years I have added things for storage purposes and tools etc. but to make best use of my floor/wall space I decided it was time To put more...